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MTSU group seeking to commercialize new wheel motor plug-in hybrid retrofit kit

Green Car Congress

A prototype plug-in hybrid retrofit kit is applied to a research vehicle’s rear wheels. A group at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), led by Dr. Charles Perry, who holds the Russell Chair of Manufacturing Excellence, has developed and demonstrated a proof-of-concept for a wheel motor plug-in hybrid retrofit kit for almost any car.

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The Jeep Wrangler Sends the V8 Off With a Bang

The Truth About Cars

I specifically remember shredding the driveshaft on at least three Tennessee backwoods trails. That said, the price tag buys not only the Jeep, but a serious tool kit, a Warn winch, and more. The Jeep Wrangler 392 Final Edition brings a close to the automaker’s eight-cylinder efforts, but at a cost. Under the hood, the 6.4-liter

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Video Friday: Tensegrity Wheels

Cars That Think

This video from November 24, 2017 was taken as Charlie remotely operated a prototype robot in his unoccupied Atlanta home from rural Tennessee to take care of his family’s cat. NASA’s Moon rover prototype completed lunar lander egress tests. Charlie remotely operated the robot on November 23, 24, 25, and 26.

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"Spirit of DC" - Back on Blue Hwy known as Pacific Coast Hwy 1 with Re-invigorated with B&B Battery Pac. Thanks to PluginSupply's Robb Protheroe

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

The PHEV Kit was checked and shown in good functionally operating order; the depleted battery pac was replaced and re-invigorated and balanced with a B&B EB20 battery pack. The EVducation Tour back includes visiting with four EAA Sister Chapters in Texas and two in Tennessee. More edited in details to follow with some stats.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Years of coal use in electricity generation led also to the “black spill from improperly contained coal ash&# in states like Tennessee. The coal ash is known to have many toxic metals and other pollutants.

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